AIDS Walk in Bangor/Brewer

More than a hundred walkers turned out Saturday to raise awareness...and money...for the fight against HIV and AIDS.

The annual AIDS walks were held around the state...including one in Bangor.

Walkers started out at the Eastern Maine AIDS Network on Harlow Street and made their way across the Penobscot River to Brewer and back.

They raised money for HIV and AIDS care and prevention efforts.

Oraganizers are hoping the Maine walks bring in a total of more than a hundred thousand dollars...half of it from community support, the other half from a challenge grant with the National AIDS Fund.

<"what we have found is that HIV/AIDS has really fallen off the radar screen and our hope today is to do a public awareness campaign to remind folks that HIV/AIDS is here in Maine and it is an important public health issue.">

Murphy says she was surprised to find that online walk donations this year doubled last year's amount.

She says that's something she never expected, given the current state of the economy.

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I would like to tell you about an organization called For A Cause, www.rfac.org It is an organization I started a few years ago after many years of walking and riding to raise money for non-profit organizations.

For A Cause is an IRS non-profit (501(c)(3)), all donations are fully tax deductible. Our events are more like fundraising vacations and take place in Ireland, Italy and Spain to name just a few of the places we have walked or rode through while raising money for organizations like Breast Cancer Network of Strength, The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, The National Kidney Foundation, The National Autism Foundation and many more.

All participants (teams and individuals) are able to designate their beneficiary, this can be any IRS registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The larger your Team and/or the more you raise the more goes back to your beneficiary. You can also choose what percentage is used toward your event expenses; many of our participants pay a higher registration fee, which pays all their own expenses so 100% of their donations can go back to the beneficiary.

Our next event is the Ireland Walk or Ride August 9 - 15, 2009. A week long event in a 16th century castle, walking 60-miles or riding 300-miles over 5 days through the Irish countryside. For more information on the event you can go to our website www.rfac.org or send me an email and I will answer any questions you may have.

Thanks

Rob Webber
Founder - President
For A Cause - www.rfac.org
rwebber@rfac.org

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Rob Webber 05/08/2009 09:51 am